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RE: [xsl] test if null

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At 06:13 PM 6/29/2005, Mike wrote:

> Also, an aside -- I'm sure there's a reason why some people prefer
> "string-length(.)!=0" to "string()" (or more robustly,
> "normalize-space()")
> -- but I've never been able to guess what it could be.

Slight unease, I think, at relying on implicit type conversion. It feels a
bit sneaky, like using 0 to mean false in C.

Yes, funny that. I admit I also like the sneakiness of "0" for false. :-> (And of course the string-length solution does a type-conversion too.)

Cheers,
Wendell

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